Kids getting addicted to smartphones or small devices probably make every parent worried as they have to struggle to get them to stop playing with them. Often, when parents take away the smartphone, these kids will get angry or cry.
A few days ago, citizens were amused when photos of a little girl with “panda eyes” spread on the Internet. Apparently, this was a trick played by the girl's parents as she was too addicted to her smartphone, and they wanted to break the habit.
When the girl was sleeping, the mother decided to secretly apply black eyeshadow around her daughter's eyes and it worked. “After waking up and seeing herself in the mirror, she screamed. I told her it's because she played on the phone so much,” said the mother. And the mother warned her not to play so much on the phone anymore.
It was reported that the incident had happened in Thailand and the photos spread quickly. Citizens were divided on this, with some of them feeling that it was a funny joke that would do no harm while some of them said that it was bad to do that for the kids. Some parents would try it on their kids, while some said they needed to be strict with their children's screen time.
However, Public Health of Malaysia has shared a post warning parents not to do so with their kids. They said that parents should rethink this joke as it could cause psychological scars to the kids. They explained that scaring your child with a joke could result in an experience that stayed in their long- term memory and this was not a good way to break a bad habit. It was up to the parents on how to teach and educate their children. Every parent has their own unique way of raising their children. These kids need to know about the effects, results, and responsibilities from their own actions.
1. How did the mother make her daughter not spend much time on smartphones?| A．By punishing her. | B．By playing a joke on her. |
| C．By controlling her sleeping time. | D．By taking her smartphone away. |
| A．The method was approved by experts. |
| B．People have different opinions on the method. |
| C．Many parents are used to playing jokes on their children. |
| D．Most parents know how to control children's screen time. |
| A．Developing other bad habits. | B．Lack of a sense of responsibility. |
| C．Suffering mentally for a long time. | D．Having poor parent-child relationship. |
| A．Science. | B．Entertainment. | C．Education. | D．Medicine. |
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【推荐1】Cyberbullying (网络欺凌) is the use of electronic communication to threaten or insult someone. A child can be involved in cyberbullying in different ways. They can bully, be bullied, or witness the bullying of others. The more digital forms of communication a child uses, the more exposure he or she may get to cyberbullying. Parents, teachers and other adults need to be aware of children’s online usage. Some warning signs that a child may be involved in cyberbullying are:
●Spending much more or less time on electronic devices, including texting
●Hiding their screen when others are near, and avoiding discussion about what they are doing on their device
●Closing social media accounts and opening new ones
●Avoiding social situations, even ones that were enjoyed in the past
●Becoming depressed, or losing interest in people and activities
Cyberbullying is like other forms of bullying and should be handled in a similar way. If a child is being cyberbullied, adults should support the child being bullied and tell the child doing the bullying that cyberbullying is something serious that should be stopped.
If a child sees hateful content online, there are a few easy ways they can deal with it. The child could report the content anonymously (化名地), as hateful speech goes against most websites’ principles of service. They can also block the person from posting abusive content. While ignoring posts might seem easier than blocking someone, it will not make the problem go away.
Adults can try to make their kids put themselves in the others’ shoes and consider how other people feel. They should see whether more help is needed for those involved, like speaking to a guidance counselor or mental health professional.
Cyberbullying may be impossible to stop completely, but parents could watch their child’s behavior and Internet time.
1. In which situation is cyberbullying most likely to happen?| A．A lady is doing online shopping. |
| B．A child is chatting on the Internet. |
| C．A student is attending a lesson online. |
| D．A teenager is watching a film on the Internet. |
| A．Get away from his or her cellphone. |
| B．Share his or her social media accounts online. |
| C．Start bullying other kids on the Internet. |
| D．Avoid taking part in activities and meeting people. |
| A．Post the content of cyberbullying online. |
| B．Ignore the person doing the cyberbullying. |
| C．Show mercy and close their social media accounts. |
| D．Pay attention to their behavior and online time. |
| A．To explain what cyberbullying actually is. |
| B．To warn some children to stop cyberbullying. |
| C．To give some advice on how to handle cyberbullying. |
| D．To persuade parents to care more for their children. |
Virginia Berninger, professor of educational psychology at the University of Washington, says it’s important to continue teaching handwriting and help children acquire the skill of writing by hand.
Berninger and her colleagues conducted a study that looked at the ability of students to complete various writing tasks—both on a computer and by hand. The study, published in 2009, found that when writing with a pen and paper, participants wrote longer essays and more complete sentences and had a faster word production rate.
In a more recent study, Berninger looked at what role spelling plays in a student’s writing skills and found that how well children spell is tied to how well they can write. “Spelling makes some of the thinking parts of the brain active, which helps us access our vocabulary, word meaning and concepts. It is allowing our written language to connect with ideas.” Berninger said.
Spelling helps students translate ideas into words in their mind first and then to transcribe (转换) “those words in the mind written symbols on paper or keyboard and screen,” the study said. Seeing the words in the “
“In our computer age, some people believe that we don’t have to teach spelling because we have spell checks,” she said. “But until a child has a functional spelling ability of about a fifth grade level, they won’t have the knowledge to choose the correct spelling among the options given by the computer.”
1. What makes writing by hand a thing of the past?| A．The popular use of smartphones. |
| B．The absence of blackboard in classrooms. |
| C．The lack of practice in handwriting. |
| D．The use of new technologies in teaching. |
| A．discussed the importance of writing speed |
| B．found that good essays are made up of long sentences |
| C．indicated that students prefer to write with a pen and paper |
| D．focused on the difference between writing by hand and on a computer |
| A．Imagination. | B．Soul. | C．Picture. | D．Window. |
| A．Handwriting still has a place in today’s classrooms. |
| B．Spell checks can take the place of spelling teaching. |
| C．Computers can help people with their choice of words. |
| D．Functional spelling ability develops fast in the fifth grade. |
【推荐3】Games have already become a good companion for people. Whether kids or adults, they prefer to spend their spare time in playing games. Why are games so popular? Firstly, they can attract people easily and secondly, they are easy to upgrade . Each day, thousands of games come out. And no matter which kind of game you like, there is always a game that suits you. Now when people meet, they would like to talk about the newest games.
Here are the hottest new games for girls. They are Didi games. 80 percent of girls like dressing-up games. There are varieties of dressing-up games in Didi. The leading roles of them also vary from common girls to princesses. If you are lucky enough, you can be dressed up as the famous stars you admire. At the same time, wedding dressing-up games can also be found. Whether you admit it or not, all girls like things related to wedding, so most girls like to be dressed up as brides.
In order to attract kids' attention, many games choose fairies (精灵) as the leading roles, for fairies are really alluring to girls. Maybe the magic wands (魔杖) of the fairies really have supernatural powers. There are various kinds of Didi fairy games, such as Fairy of Water, Catching Flowers Contest, Winter Garden Fairy, etc.
Cooking games are also girls' favorite games. Making a cake, soup or other delicious food is a category of simple games. There are also complicated ones, for example, preparing a dinner. It is more challenging but most girls like challenges. Another category of games which attracts people must be the games related to farms. Why are they so popular? Because the games can let people enjoy the fun as farmers. There are also farm animals that kids like very much. Here you can build your own farms. Also you can experience the life of farmers.
1. What is the reason why many people like games according to the author?| A．Games are usually easy to play. |
| B．Playing games helps people learn a lot. |
| C．Games can be updated easily and are attractive. |
| D．There are many kinds of games that suit everyone. |
| A．The fairies are the leading roles in the games. |
| B．They have been famous for several years. |
| C．They are the most popular games among girls. |
| D．They are all about traditional dresses. |
| A．Cooking games like making a soup. |
| B．The games that are about weddings. |
| C．Games that let them enjoy the country life. |
| D．The games related to magic wands. |
| A．confusing | B．annoying |
| C．challenging | D．fascinating |
【推荐1】Teaching the next generation is an effective way to transform the future. A nonprofit group in Israel has taken this to heart by greening schools with soilless farming. The group is called Startup Roots, which is teaching students about hydroponics（水塔）,and as a result, they are learning nutrition and science.
“Many children think that vegetables come from the grocery store. They have no concept of the chain behind it. So we try to connect kids with the source of their food,”said Robin Katz，founder of this organization. Katz started it in 2014, realizing that many children have access to fresh, healthy and affordable produce. She was drawn to hydroponics because this system uses 90 percent less water and grows more plants per meter than traditional farming.
Their first project created a soilless farm using just 100 square meters of a school. They started out by growing 14 plants per meter. The students were excited to pick vegetables in just 30 days and were soon able to produce 1500 vegetables per month!
Working with science teachers,the organization guides students to learn science and nutrition. In addition,it has brought in dieticians(营养学家) to teach the effect that food choices have on health. Startup Roots has improved their methods by installing vertical(垂直的) farming systems that can sit in hallways when schools are tight on space,Since the first school installation,their yield has improved greatly,resulting in the production of 120 plants per meter.
In order to educate the general population,the organization is also working to create an interactive(交互式的) urban agriculture exhibit. More youths are eagerly researching plant seeds and growing plants.
“There is no greater pleasure than to watch students grow by growing,”said Katz. Aside from producing organic vegetables in schools,the organization is planting roots in this young generation,encouraging them to lead healthier and more environmentally-friendly lives.
1. What does Startup Roots do to change the future?| A．Ask students to change their attitude. | B．Change the surroundings of a school. |
| C．Connect students with new food. | D．Teach students a farming system. |
| A．It thought students about nutrition. | B．It saved water and had a higher output. |
| C．It was easy to produce good vegetables. | D．It caused no damage to the environment. |
| A．It produced 120 plants per meter. | B．It relied on vertical farming systems. |
| C．It collected vegetables in a month. | D．It was guided by science teachers. |
| A．Booking the urban agriculture. | B．Inspiring youths to live a healthier life. |
| C．Teaching young generations to grow crops. | D．Forcing youths to pay more attention to environment. |
【推荐2】Much of the value mothers and fathers bring to their children is due to the fact that mothers and fathers are different. And by cooperating together and complementing each other in their differences，they provide these good things that samesex caregivers cannot provide.
Mothers and Fathers Play Differently. Fathers tend to play with, and mothers tend to care for children. While both mothers and fathers are physical，fathers are physical in different ways.
Fathers are rough while mothers are gentle. Fathers encourage competition；mothers encourage fairness. One style encourages independence while the other encourages security.
Both provide security and confidence in their own ways by communicating love and physical intimacy.
Fathers Push Limits；Mothers Encourage Security. Go to any playground and listen to the parents. Who is encouraging their kids to swing or climb just a little higher，ride just a little faster，throw just a little harder？Who is yelling，“Slow down，not so high，not so hard”？Of course，fathers encourage children to take chances and push limits and mothers protect children and are more cautious.
Joined together，they keep each other in balance and help children remain safe while expanding their experiences and confidence.
Mothers and Fathers communicate differently. A major study found that when speaking to children，mothers and fathers are different. Mothers will simplify their words and speak on the child's level. Men are not as inclined to modify(修改) their language for the child simply.
Children who do not have the chance to meet both will not learn how to understand and use both styles of conversation as they grow. These boys and girls will be at a disadvantage because they will experience these different ways of communicating in relationship with teachers，bosses and others.
Mothers and Fathers Discipline Differently Educational psychologist Carol Gilligan tells us that fathers stress justice，fairness and duty，while mothers stress sympathy，care and help. Again，either of these parenting styles by themselves is not good，but together，they create a healthy，proper balance.
1. From Paragraph 1，we learn that .| A．mothers and fathers bring much of the important value to their children |
| B．the fact that mothers and fathers are different is considerable and thoughtful |
| C．parents and samesex caregivers all want to provide good things to their children |
| D．cooperating together and complementing each other in parents' differences are very valuable |
| A．to report the different roles mothers and fathers play in childdevelopment |
| B．to introduce a famous educational psychologist to readers |
| C．to explain the natural state of mothers and fathers |
| D．to show children's agreement on parents' differences |
| A．Children need moms' softness as well as dads' roughness. |
| B．Fathers tend towards encouraging risk while mothers tend towards security. |
| C．Fathers' talk tends to be briefer while mothers' tends to be more childish. |
| D．Either of these parenting styles by itself can be healthy to children. |
| A．How Children Recognize Their Fathers and Mothers |
| B．Why Children Need Fatherlove and Motherlove |
| C．What Children Need during Their Study |
| D．When Children Should Be Taught |
【推荐3】Our Teen Summer Spanish Program is two weeks of fun, educational excitement that helps students learn Spanish fast. Our Spanish Summer program allows our students to learn from highly trained, certified teachers and be absorbed in the language and the culture of Costa Rica.
Features include:
*Intensive (强化的) daily Spanish classes
*Extracurricular classes in dance, cooking, music and handiwork
*Outdoor activities including hiking, camping, rafting, and ziplining (高空滑索)
*Homestay with a local Costa Rican family
*Volunteer work in needy neighborhoods
Our Teaching Methods:
We are proud to use TPRS — Total Physical Response Storytelling — in our curriculum. This innovative method uses strange and amusing stories to teach new vocabulary, increase fluency, and get students involved by giving them the opportunity to alter the details themselves. Because of the silliness, creativity, and repetition involved, TPRS allows students to learn easily and remember information effortlessly.
Memorizing vocabulary and listening to lectures on grammar are slow, inefficient ways to learn a new language. The best way to truly learn and commit new material to memory is through conversation. In our Spanish classes, students can expect to speak up to 80% of each class. By speaking in the new language freely and consistently, students can see progress faster because they are using the new grammar and vocabulary that they have learned at the same time. This helps the brain remember the new words and grammar structures for future use, making it much easier to progress.
1. Which of the statements about the program is true?| A．It offers weekly Spanish classes. |
| B．It focuses more on outdoor activities. |
| C．It gives teachers a chance to receive training. |
| D．It provides activities about the Spanish culture. |
| A．Students participate in voluntary work on campus. |
| B．Students stay with a local family. |
| C．There are Spanish classes provided every day. |
| D．Students attend classes in art and music. |
| A．It aims to increase fluency without teaching vocabulary. |
| B．It applies amusing stories to teaching Spanish. |
| C．It involves no repetition in the process. |
| D．It guarantees the students’ writing fun stories. |
| A．Memorizing a larger vocabulary. |
| B．Mastering grammar structures clearly. |
| C．Communicating more in the new language. |
| D．Writing stories to share with others. |
| A．To employ certified Spanish teachers. |
| B．To attract teen foreigners to a program. |
| C．To promote a Spanish summer school. |
| D．To introduce language learning approaches. |
【推荐1】There are two kinds of memory: short-term and long-term. Information in long-term memory can be remembered at a later time when it is needed. The information may be kept for days or weeks. However, information in short-term memory is kept for only a few seconds, usually by repeating the information over and over. The following experiment shows how short-term memory has been studied.
Henning studied how students who are learning English as a second language remember vocabulary. The subjects in his experiment were 75 college students. They represented all levels of ability in English: beginning, intermediate (中等), and native speaking students.
To begin, the subjects listened to a recording of a native speaker reading a paragraph in English. Following the recording, the subjects took a 15-question test to see which words they remembered. Each question had four choices. The subjects had to circle the word they had heard in the recording, some of the questions had four choices that sound alike. For example, weather, whether, wither, and wetter are four words that sound alike. Some of the questions had four choices that have the same meaning. Method, way, manner, and system would be four words with the same meaning. Finally the subjects took a language proficiency test.
Henning found that students with a lower proficiency in English made more of their mistakes on words that sound alike; students with a higher proficiency made more of their mistakes on words that have the same meaning. Henning's results suggest that beginning students hold the sound of words in their short-term memory, and advanced students hold the meaning of words in their short-term memory.
1. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?| A．Henning gave a separate test on vocabulary to his students. |
| B．Long-term memory can be achieved only by training. |
| C．It is easier to test short-term memory than long-term memory. |
| D．Information in short-term memory is different from that in long-term memory. |
| A．the theme of listening material | B．the student experimented on |
| C．a branch of knowledge studied | D．a native speaker |
| A．advanced students always remember words by their meaning |
| B．beginners have difficulty distinguishing the pronunciation of words |
| C．it is difficult to remember words that sound alike |
| D．it is difficult to remember words that have the same meaning |
| A．an experiment on students | B．two kinds of memory |
| C．short-term memory | D．memory |
【推荐2】Robots come in many shapes and sizes, but scientists in Zurich, Switzerland, have developed one new robot called Pleurobot, which looks and acts just like a salamander (火蜥蜴).
To create the robot, scientists took hundreds of X-rays of real salamanders. They studied the images of these animals to see which joints (关节) and muscles the animals use as they move. Then the scientists built the Pleurobot’s skeleton to move just like the real thing. This makes the robot’s movements incredibly lifelike.
According to experts, salamanders were among the first animals to develop a skeleton and nervous system that allowed them to travel on land. “By studying the modern salamander, we have a time window to the ancestors of all vertebrates (脊椎动物), including humans,” Auke Ijspeert, the designer of the robot, told scholastic News Online.
Both people and salamanders have a spinal cord (脊髓). An injury to the spinal cord can result in the inability to move. Now, there is no cure for paralysis (瘫痪). Ijspeert hopes that the Pleurobot can help change that. Because these studies could help researchers develop new ways to help people who have been paralyzed by spinal cord injuries.
Scientists think that the Pleurobot could also be used for search-and-rescue tasks too dangerous for humans. Because the robot is low to the ground and has a wide range of motion, it could be used to get into dangerous places, like fallen buildings, to look for survivors. Thanks to its waterproof suit, the robotic salamander could even participate in underwater missions.
Experts are now working on a smaller, sturdier (harder to break) model of the Pleurobot. They expect this one to be even better suited for getting into small spaces to do dangerous work.
1. What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?| A．How real salamanders move. |
| B．What the Pleurobot looks like. |
| C．Why scientists invented the Pleurobot. |
| D．How scientists designed the Pleurobot. |
| A．The shape of the spinal cord. |
| B．The movement of robotic animals. |
| C．The problem of spinal cord injuries. |
| D．The way the brain controls the spinal cord. |
| A．Fashionable. | B．Entertaining. |
| C．Functional. | D．Power-saving. |
| A．a news report | B．a research paper |
| C．an advertisement | D．an official document |
【推荐3】A tiny clue found in ancient deposits has unlocked big secrets about Greenland’s past and future climate. Just beyond the northwest edge of the vast Greenland Ice Sheet, researchers have discovered lake mud that have survived the last ice age. The mud, and remains of common flies in it, record two interglacial periods（间冰期）in northwest Greenland.
Although researchers have long known these two periods—the early Holocene and Last Interglacial—experienced warming in the Arctic, the mix of fly species shows that Greenland was even warmer than previously thought. “As far as we know, it has never been found in Greenland. We think this is the first time anyone has reported it in ancient deposits or modern lakes there,” Axford said. “We were really surprised to see how far north it migrated (迁徙).”
This new information could help researchers better measure Greenland’s sensitivity to warming, by testing and improving models of climate and ice sheet behaviour. Those models could then improve predictions of how Greenland’s ice sheet might respond to man-made global warming. After all, Greenland covers 80 per cent of the Arctic country and holds enough ice to equal 20 feet of global sea level. “Northwest Greenland might feel really remote, but what happens to that ice sheet is going to matter to everyone in every coastal city around the world,” said Yarrow Axford, an associate professor in the team. “One of the big uncertainties in climate science is how fast the Earth changes when it gets warmer. Geology gives us an opportunity to see what happened when the Earth was warmer than today,” said Axford.
People might be surprised to see how today’s Greenland looked during the last two interglacial periods. During the Last Interglacial, global sea levels increased by 15 to 30 feet, largely due to thinning of Greenland and Antarctica’s ice sheets. However, now researchers believe northern Greenland’s ice sheet experienced stronger warming than previously thought, which could mean that Greenland is more responsible for that sea-level rise.
Finding lake deposits older than about 10,000 years, however, has been historically very difficult in Greenland. To measure these ancient temperatures, researchers look to ice cores ( 冰 核 ) and lake deposits. Since ice and lake deposits form by a gradual buildup on annual layers of snow or mud, these cores contain history of the past. By looking through the layers, researchers can obtain climate clues from centuries ago.
1. Why are the remains of flies mentioned in the first two paragraphs?| A．They serve as evidence that there is still life in the Northwest Greenland. |
| B．They were one of the many ancient lives that were left in the Greenland mud. |
| C．They are indicators that Greenland was much warmer than previously thought. |
| D．They help the researchers realize that there was once a warm period in the Arctic. |
| A．It is easier for today’s scientists to find ancient lake deposits. |
| B．People are surprised at the landscape feature of Greenland today. |
| C．Researchers measure the changing temperatures by directly examining mud. |
| D．Greenland holds enough ice that might one day threaten life in coastal cities. |
| A．Greenland Used to Be Much Greener |
| B．Earth Once Experienced Warm Periods |
| C．Coastal Cities Warned of Coming Disasters |
| D．Northwest Greenland, A Perfect Destination |
【推荐1】NEW YORK—Gordon Parks, who experienced the struggles and victories of black America as a photographer for Life magazine and then became Hollywood's first major black director with " The Learning Tree" and the hit "Shaft," died Tuesday, his family said.
Parks, who also wrote fiction and was a gifted composer, died at his home in New York, according to a former wife, and nephew Charles Parks.
"Nothing came easy," Parks wrote in his autobiography(自传)."I was just born with a need to explore every tool shop of my mind, and with long searching and hard work, I became devoted to my restlessness. "
He covered everything from fashion to politics to sports at Life from 1948 to 1968.
But as a photographer, he was perhaps best known for his photo essays on the effects of poverty in the United States and abroad and on the spirit of the civil rights movement.
He went through a series of jobs as a teen and young man, including piano player and railroad dining car waiter. The breakthrough came when he was about 25 , when he bought a used camera in a pawn shop (典当行) for $7.50. He became a freelance (自由投稿的)fashion photographer, went on to Vogue magazine and then to Life in 1948.
" Reflecting now, I realize that, even within the limits of my childhood vision, I was on a search for pride, meanwhile taking measurable glimpses of how certain blacks, who suffered from racism, were against it," he wrote.
When he accepted an award from Wichita Stale University in May 1991, he said it was "another step forward in my making peace with Kansas and Kansas making peace with me."
1. Which of the following jobs didn't Gordon Parks do?| A．A photographer. | B．A director. |
| C．A composer. | D．A politician. |
| A．Parks thought not everything was easy. |
| B．Parks was later fond of exploring every person. |
| C．Parks worked at Life for 20 years. |
| D．Parks married only once. |
| A．His photo essays. | B．A used camera。. |
| C．A pawn shop。 | D．Vogue magazine. |
| A．a short 一 story collection. | B．a popular science magazine. |
| C．a research paper. | D．a newspaper. |
【推荐2】Amid the coronavirus outbreak, the U. S. Department of Homeland Security recommends having at least a two - week supply of water and food.
Potatoes
Shelf life ： 2 to 5 weeks if stored in a cool, dry, dark place
Yukon Gold, red, and fingerling potatoes will last from two to three weeks. Larger white potatoes can last for three to five weeks. Sweet potatoes have about the same shelf life. Don't store them next to onions, however. The two might go together well in cooking, but raw, each gives off gases and moisture that might cause the other to spoil faster.
Tea
※Shelf life： 6 to 12 months past "sell - by" date
Dried tea leaves, whether loose (in a sealed container) or in teabags (in an unopened box) can easily last a year or more if they' re not subjected to damp or humidity. However, the tea does tend to lose flavor over time.
Peanuts
● Shelf life ： 1 to 2 months
Peanuts in their shell, especially when kept cool and dry, are perfectly happy in the cupboard for as long as two months.
Canned fruits and vegetables
● Shelf life ： 1 to 2 years past "sell - by” date
Canning is an extremely efficient means of preserving food. Generally speaking, if canned foods aren't subjected to extreme heat, their contents should stay good for two years or more. Be aware, however, of dented cans or those with swollen tops, which may indicate the presence of bacteria inside.
1. Which can go bad faster if stored with onions?| A．Potatoes. | B．Tea. |
| C．Peanuts. | D．Canned fruits and vegetables. |
| A．The flavor of tea can always remain the same. |
| B．Tea leaves are better to be preserved in an open jar. |
| C．Tea leaves should be kept away from the state of being wet. |
| D．The maximum length of time that tea can be stored is 6 months. |
| A．Shapes of cans. | B．Categories of foods. |
| C．Decline of the temperature. | D．Exposure to high temperature. |
【推荐3】College for $1 a day? If it sounds too good to be true, it’s not. Walmart, the largest private sector employer in the U.S., announced a new plan to pay for college for its 1.4 million employees.
Walmart will offer all full-time, part-time and salaried Walmart staff an opportunity to attend college for $1 a day for the study of their college program. Walmart will cover the full cost — beyond financial aid — of tuition, fees and books. According to personal finance comparison site Make Lemonade, there are more than 44 million borrowers who collectively owe more than $1.4 trillion of student loan debt. With this program, Walmart wants to ensure that its staff can earn a college degree without being involved in student loan debt.
Walmart has partnered with three non-profit universities where its employees can earn a degree online while working. Walmart staff are qualified to apply once they have worked at Walmart for at least 90 days. Walmart expects that all Walmart staff who apply will be accepted. If an employee leaves the company before completing a degree, the employee does not have to pay back any costs to Walmart, but will no longer have his/her education subsidized (被资助).
Currently, Walmart will only cover Associate’s and Bachelor’s degrees in business and supply chain management since they are “parts of a broader approach to preparing the workforce to succeed today and into the future.”
“Investing in the personal and professional success of our staff is vital to Walmart’ s future success,” said Greg Forman, CEO of Walmart U.S., in a statement. “We know training and learning opportunities enable the staff to deliver for customers while growing and advancing in their career.”
Walmart is partnering with Guild Education, a leading education benefits platform, which will provide academic counselors to help Walmart staff with everything from the application process to choosing the right degree. According to The Washington Post, Walmart expects as many as 68,000 staff members to join the program in the first five years.
1. What does Make Lemonade expose to us?| A．Walmart helps employees out of student loan debt. |
| B．Millions of students are under the weight of debt. |
| C．44 million students have paid off their debts. |
| D．$1.4 trillion has been donated to students. |
| A．Apply for a top university. |
| B．Pay back the education fees. |
| C．Gain a degree while working. |
| D．Offer good service to its customers. |
| A．It is a waste of time and money. |
| B．It could bring benefits to Walmart. |
| C．It aims to make contributions to society. |
| D．It stops employees from learning further. |
| A．Walmart offers employees college for $1 a day |
| B．Guide Education helps Walmart win attention |
| C．Walmart first turns impossible to possible |
| D．68,000 Walmart employees have a college degree |
